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1995 • R • 1h 31m • Comedy • New Line Cinema

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🍅 77% 91% MC 54 LB 3.60 IMDb 7.2

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$6.60M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$27.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$27.90M
$0.50M international
Domestic legs4.2x
Budget$3.5M
1995 rank#63
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Cast & crew

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F. Gary Gray F. Gary Gray Director Ice Cube Ice Cube Starring Chris Tucker Chris Tucker Starring Nia Long Nia Long Starring Regina King Regina King Starring Bernie Mac Bernie Mac Starring
ScreenplayIce Cube, DJ Pooh Produced byPatricia Charbonnet CinematographyGerry Lively Music byFrank Fitzpatrick, Hidden Faces StudioNew Line Cinema

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Apr 28-30 2 $6.6M — 865 $7,618 $8.1M
2 May 5-7 3 $4.0M −39.5% 881 $4,526 $13.6M
3 May 12-14 5 $2.7M −31.8% 881 $3,085 $17.3M
4 May 19-21 7 $1.9M −31.5% 883 $2,108 $20.0M
5 May 26-28 13 $1.1M −43.5% 600 $1,752 $21.5M
6 Jun 2-4 14 $653.4K −37.8% 435 $1,502 $22.4M
7 Jun 9-11 16 $531.6K −18.6% 396 $1,342 $23.2M
8 Jun 16-18 15 $419.9K −21.0% 325 $1,292 $23.9M
9 Jun 23-25 13 $381.7K −9.1% 270 $1,414 $24.5M
10 Jun 30-Jul 2 21 $155.8K −59.2% 186 $838 $24.9M
11 Jul 7-9 23 $172.9K +11.0% 106 $1,631 $25.2M
12 Jul 14-16 22 $350.5K +102.7% 296 $1,184 $25.6M
13 Jul 21-23 25 $299.0K −14.7% 275 $1,087 $26.1M
14 Jul 28-30 28 $216.2K −27.7% 210 $1,029 $26.6M
15 Aug 4-6 32 $169.9K −21.4% 174 $977 $26.9M
16 Aug 11-13 36 $121.0K −28.8% 147 $823 $27.1M
17 Aug 18-20 40 $75.1K −37.9% 105 $715 $27.3M
18 Aug 25-27 47 $40.1K −46.6% 58 $692 $27.3M
19 Sep 1-3 54 $31.2K −22.3% 37 $843 $27.4M
20 Sep 8-10 56 $18.3K −41.5% 35 $522 $27.4M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $155.8K
$6.6M
$4.0M
$2.7M
$1.9M
$1.1M
$653.4K
$531.6K
$419.9K
$381.7K
$155.8K
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −59.2%
−39.5%
W1→2
−31.8%
W2→3
−31.5%
W3→4
−43.5%
W4→5
−37.8%
W5→6
−18.6%
W6→7
−21.0%
W7→8
−9.1%
W8→9
−59.2%
W9→10
Steepest −59.2%Best hold −9.1%

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

From the analysis desk

Ordered by how prominently this film features · all articles
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